policies and ta means changing the person in the white house. >> what we have here is a deficit in leadership and this president came into office without any prior experience running anything. he never even ran a corner store. >> meanwhile, the campaigns are trading jabs as the candidates travel to opposite coasts. we're going to bring in today's power panel -- and the campaign press secretary for rick santorum's presidential campaign. great to see you. david, i want to start with you. the president's campaign still reeling from that jobs report and it really sets the frame of conversation for the entire month. so, how does he make the case for re-election in the case of the realities out there? >> i believe this is not a national election at all. it's going to be decided by six to nine states. so first, i ask myself what is the employment picture looking

like in those critical states like ohio and virginia and as a matter of fact, what you see is particularly in manufacturing, where the president played a direct role in the auto bailout. you're seeing job creation at quite a clip and it's bert than the national average, so yes, the national numbers weren't as good as we would have liked. but this is not going to be decided in california or new york or illinois. it's going to be in florida, virginia, ohio and iowa and in states that have really seen an uptick in manufacturing jobs in particular, i think there's a positive outlook for the president. >> what you're seeing for the other 44 states be dammed? >> i'm saying this is how electoral politics works and if those numbers stemmed a lot from california or new york, those states stay in the obama kole r lum. particularly, where manufacturing jobs have taken off in the industrial midwest, ohio, wisconsin, iowa. up and down the simply chain. mitt romney wanted to let the

auto companies go bankrupt. barack obama wanted to give them hand and get them out. who do you think an auto worker or somebody in the supply chain is going to vote for? president obama. >> the president's campaign is deflecting blame and pointing the finger at congress. take a listen to this. >> the proposals we put forward that have been there for nine months, independent estimates have put those at a million jobs. so there are a million jobs sitting on that table in congress that they could move on. they need to get off their hands and stop rooting for failure. >> is it fair to say that republicans are seizing on this news and they like to the employment rate going up because it makes the president look bad? >> 2004, john kerry seemed like he was rooting for job growth. that's the challenger. the challenger needs bad news on some level. that said, in this case

particularly, voters are very concerned about where the economy going. the obama campaign almost has to blame congress. also because that's where voters are looking for. someone to blame and the congressional republicans are close to mitt romney, so that's the way to sort of target mitt romney and the rest of the republicans and make a case for the president about how his economic solution is helping to create jobs. >> a new poll shows the president's favorable -- 56-48%. we should note romney's favorablety is up from 34% in february, so why even in the face of this economy can romney still not close the gap? should the romney team be worried about that? >> no. certainly, president obama's a likable person, but at the end of the day, people are going to vote on referendum on his campaign. how he has run as president. 73% of the people in this country say that jobs, the economy and debt are the number one issue in this election and

what we're looking at with that dismal jobs report out, 8.2%, that's not good. republicans aren't cheering for that because we have people out of work. but you compare that with romney's record, when he left as governor of massachusetts, the unemployment rate was 4.5%. compare that to 8.2. that's going to go a long way. when he was governor, we had tens of thousands of jobs created in massachusetts. compare that with half a million lost in our nation. people are going to compare and contrast these two leaders and they're going to turn and trust governor romney to turn the economy around and create jobs because what we've seen with president obama, he has been hostile to job creators. not created an environment where people can create jobs. >> as you talk about that and the 4.7%, you know, that was at a time where massachusetts ranked 47th in the country and in terms of where it was in jobs. and so, it was you know, basically at a bottom. how can you say that was a good

record when 46 other states did better? >> that's a misleading number that was put out by the obama campaign? >> how when it's the actual facts of where the states ranked when governor romney left office? how is that misleading? >> it's a misleading fact put out by a desperate campaign when in fact -- >> was it 47 or not? >> he took it from 50th to 30th. >> was it 47th or not? >> if i can finish. he took it from 50th to 47th and he has created jobs in massachusetts and he will certainly do the same as president of the united states and when he was governor of massachusetts, he also created an environment where people can grow, jobs can grow in certainty in the economy. he took, he closed a $6 billion shortfall in the budget and left a $2 billion rainy day fund for people of massachusetts. compare that to what president obama has done. he has doubled the debt in this

county tr, leaving it to us and our children and grandchildren. so compare those two records on the economy and it's a no brainer. governor romney certainly has the ideas that can turn the economy around. >> one thing governor romney has is a lot of money and we've got the figures released out of this new financial report that puts his net worth at 250 million. how much do his millions and his success, private success as a business man, no one can fault him for that. how much does it matter? >> depends on how the obama campaign frames it. we've also had rich presidents. that said, the obama campaign challenges make the case that romney is out of touch and doesn't care about people who make less than he does. they're trying to make that case. that's the idea. but by itself, romney's money does not matter that much. voters get that often candidates for president are rich. the challenge is to make the case, connect that to romney's

politics. >> thanks so much. great to see all three of you this morning. we got to jump and move on to our next guest. the obama campaign putting its money where its mouth is. that ad is going to hit the air waves in colorado, florida, iowa, north carolina, new hampshire, nevada, ohio, pennsylvania and virginia. now, massachusetts lawmakers will travel to ohio and iowa today on behalf of the obama campaign. and hold press conferences hi highlighting romney's tenure in the bay state. mr. mayor, great to see you this morning and the chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod, has led this charge, specifically targeted mitt romney's record on jobs in massachusetts. but we look at this. the unemployment rate in your state dropped from 5.6 to 4.7%. that's great. the numbers don't lie there, so

how can anyone argue that mitt romney didn't make positive changes? what needed to be done in the massachusetts job market? >> thank you for having me on your show. the statistics are absolutely accurate and if you were an elected official in which i was a mayor and board, what you saw when mitt romney was governor was a governor who shifted cost on the cities and towns. historic rise in property taxes. core critical services cut. working families struggling and more than 220,000 people left this state. a net loss while he was governor. the facts don't lie. >> the current governor quoted last week saying mitt romney was able to turn a deficit in at $1.1 billion. the "l.a. times" saying he left with a balance. this in thanks to 384 million in spending cuts. along with a $2 billion rainy day fund we just heard about.

so why the discrepancy in those numbers? >> el, this is all about values and performance. and the previous guest alluded to it. i don't believe she has lived in massachusetts because she's feel differently. again, he campaigned and promised more jobs, smaller government, less debt. he failed. under leadership of governor patrick and president obama, massachusetts unemployment rate has dropped to 5.3%. summerville, 3.9% because the governor and president have invested. a long-term approach to solving the state and country's economic woes. one of the priest speakeevious o said if congress would move and

pass some of the president's initiatives, the rest of the country could enjoy the benefit that we're seeing still 27 months in this country of steady job growth. compare this to mitt romney's records. president obama's created more jobs in just a few months compared to mitt romney's record as governor and he failed across those fronts. >> the romney camp responding, they say we're happy to compare the 4.7% rate to the president's weak record any day. in your estimation, do you think the president should spend more time telling people who he will do in his second term rather than what's wrong with the other guy? >> i think it's all three. one, mitt romney is holding himself out as an ultra conservative republican and having, romney economics works. massachuset massachusetts states it differently. secondly, and the president will i'm sure talk about all the success his policies are having

across the country. we lost more than 8 million jobs in this country because of republican policies. the president has created more than 4 million jobs with the congress and his policies. so we're seeing steady growth. those job numbers speak to it, but we are well on our way and we need to invest to get moving further on that and to talk about how he'll further accelerate that success. but there are no quick fixes in the economy, tom. you can't just slash and burn and fit everything to a ledger sheet. this is not venture capital effort here. we need long-term sound pragmatic and practical approaches to invest in education, infrastructure, innovation, research and development. it's happening here in massachusetts and across the country. that story will be told. >> sir, thanks for your time this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you very having me. hit the road, scott, and don't you come back no more.

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political civil war scott walker has created. >> wisconsin governor scott walker and milwaukee mayor, tom barrett, framing their final pitches to voters less than 24 hours before this historic recall. here's where things stand heading into tuesday. governor walker with a polling edge that could be weakening and mayor barrett trying to defeat the incumbent at a cash disadvantage. well behind his opponent and the outside groups trying to keep walker in that state house. gwen moore appeared ahead of a rally headlines by bill clinton last week and gave barrett supporters a chance to carry to the polls tomorrow. take a listen. ♪ hit the road scott and don't you come back no more ♪ >> great scott, scott walker, you got to go, baby.

>> congressman gwen moore is in milwaukee and joins me this morning. good to have you here. you were pretty excited out there in front of the people at the rally for mayor barrett, but with one day to go, your candidate is behind and being massively outspent. some are wondering if it just came too late. frame it. the stakes for tomorrow. not just for tom barrett, but democrats in your state and the unions. >> well thanks for having me. cle clearly, i'm not going to win the grammys, but i think people have underestimated our ground game and the factors to lead us to victory on tuesday. number one, tom is surging with independents. such an important constituency for winning an election. secondly, we have a number of switchers of you know in 2010, we had 60% of labor vote iing f

tom barrett and 40% for scott walker. now those numbers are 80-20. 80% for barrett and 20% for walker and the 2010 voters, the obama voters that didn't turn out in 2010, we believe that we have used the few resources that we have you know, not necessarily to do as much tv obviously as scott walker has been able to do, but we have a tremendous ground game that is target target targeted southeastern milwaukee, 72 wards, where there are numbers of democrat who is did not necessarily participate in 2010 and we have targeted them and we believe that there aren't any posters that are able to predict which of those voters who are likely voters among those people that we've been

able to touch. i'm leaving from the studio here to go out and launch yet another group of canvassers that will hit maybe the fifth or sixth time these targeted wards. o we're cautiously optimistic. >> i just want to jump in because i want to say as you're optimistic, a lot of people on the right have been critical about the president not stepping a foot in wisconsin during this recall process and i want to you respond about how the governor talks about that. >> it is a surprise. i don't know what it says, but i think it's interesting. two years ago, the president came in, he's not here now. on friday, he made three stops in the twin cities and three stops in chicago, so it's kind of hard to argue you weren't nearby. >> do you think that it's a glaring and deafening silence from the president not coming to

wisconsin? >> we're the badger state. i've known scott walker since 1990. he's slick. he's a right staying on point. i think they're gearing up to try to defeat obama in this campaign. this is not the obama campaign. that's a separate campaign. this is all about scott walker. it's all about what scott walker has done to workers. what he's done to seniors, to the students. everybody from kindergarten through graduate school in this state. technical college system. what he's done to women in terms of denying them health care. it's all about him. it's not about president obama. we will deal with obama and romney after we deal with scott walker. and he's going down tomorrow. >> gwen moore, thanks for your time today and that singing wasn't too bad. the voice is there. it's strong. george zimmerman back behind

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or tarnished and now, he's going to have to rehabilitate it. >> kerry sanders joins us from sanford, florida. we're talking about money and finances from this website that was constructed and put up. set up for george zimmerman, correct? >> reporter: yeah, he set this up to raise money. had a paypal account and raised at the time, $135,000 and there were discussions with his wife, he was in the jail here. his wife at the credit union and they were talking about the money, but when they proceeded to the bond hearing and the judge asked about their assets because of course, a bond in florida is established based on the assets that an individual an a family has. the idea is to make sure there is enough of a bond that would bring somebody back. they don't want to set it for $10 and have them take off so they came up with $150,000.

but what zimmerman and his wife failed to reveal to the court is that they had this paypal account and this were more than $135,000 in cash there, which would have affected how much the judge would have established. the bond was secured with second mortgages from george zimmerman's parents and grandmother's home. when the judge discovered this on friday, he immediately ordered him back to jail. he's in the jail cell here behind me now. in a solitary cell. a two-man cell. he's also alone inside. 67 square feet. he'll remain there until his attorney says hopefully he can have bond hearing and request a new bond. it's unclear when that will happen. >> thanks so much. want to move on to this breaking news we've just confirmed in germany, where police in berlin have arrested 29-year-old luca magnata.

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of these men and they believe any tensions that may exist are going to be put on the back burner tonight. they're going to be focusing on the task at hand. km officials also point to the fact that bill clinton came out, tried to sort of maintain some of the damage that was done by his comments. he walked them back and said i was never endorsing mitt romney. i give my full endorsement to obama. these two men were never really that close. what they can do have -- really see people rally the base like bill clinton. that is certainly something that president obama is going to welcome right now. president obama welcoming support, but also in hollywood. sarah jessica parker last night during the mtv awards.

hosting a fund-raiser at her house next week. here's what she had to say. >> okay, the guy who ended the war in iraq, the guy who says you should marry anyone you want and the guy that created 4 million new jobs, that guy, president obama and michelle are come tog my house for dinner on june 14th. >> also co-hosting that fund-raiser with sarah jessica parker, going to be a lot like the one george clooney hosted, be but the big names are also coming out for mitt romney. donald trump says he's going to be a part of a dinner with donald trump. >> you know, the big dinner is going to be the trump dinner. dine with donald. mitt romney and the whole group came up with a plan. they were looking for a big celebrity and then somebody said we have the biggest celebrity.

it's trump. i'm going to be involved in a dinner and i hear it's selling like hot cakes and mitt romney's going to join us for the dinner. >> so, all these big names coming out trying to rally the base, an indication of just how tight this race is getting as we head into the summer months. thomas. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you. here's a look at some other stories topping the news now for you. emergency crews are still dousing fires and searching for bodies after a jet liner crashed into an apartment block on sunday killing everyone on board. investigators say it's nigeria's worst air disaster in nearly two deck katds. cause of the crash isn't known, but pilots reported engine trouble just before that happened. the butler may have not done it. that's what new documents obtained from the vatican implied. the servant is now in custody on

charges of leaking secret documents, but the latest documents say he isn't the only one who had access and is being used as a scapegoat. a series of western wildfires have taken a fatal turn for those fighting them. authority rs now investigating an air tanker crash that killed two pilots battling the blaze on sunday. this after another air tanker made an emergency belly landing. both pilots are okay. meanwhile, officials say the whitewater-baldy fire is still beyond control. miguel almaguer is live for us in reserve, new mexico. how long do we estimate things before they get under control there? >> reporter: there's no estimated time on when exactly firefighters will have a full containment around this fire, but they have been very clear with us that this is the largest fire burning anywhere in the country and it will likely burn

well into june and possibly july when the monsoon rains hit this region. they don't anticipate putting out this fire for weeks or months. it's certainly a large fire, bigger than the city of dallas. crews have been coming from all over to battle this fire. some 1200 firefighters remain on the front lines today. it's cost more than $13 million to fight this fire. just yesterday, crews were up in the air attacking this blaze. this came on the same day we had that tragedy just a few states over. as you mentioned, two pilots were killed. two firefighters were killed when their plane went down. they had just dropped a load of retardant trying to protect crews on the ground. shortly after their plane crashed, they were identified by rescue teams who could not help them. that plane was overtaken by the same fire they were trying to fight. certainly a very tragic case as crews here in new mexico take on

this blaze here. thomas? >> miguel almaguer from reserve, new mexico. rick scott is vowing to keep purging people suspected of being ineligible to vote despite a warning from the federal government. last week, the department of justice sent government scott a letter. joining me today is codirector of the project. a spokesperson for florida's secretary of state issued a statement following the d.o.j.'s warning, saying we are committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from casting a ballot. now, your group asked the justice department to investigate. what is your response to the state and ignoring a warning? >> hi, thanks for having me. clearly, this is as the governor

decided to be a faux of democracy instead of a friend. he's been warned by advancement project and department of justice that what he is doing is illegal and in fact, what we know about this list is that there are citizens who have been caught in this inaccurate list, so he's decided to move forward and this is really about a partisan effort to rig the election and you know, we're saying either stand down or we will sue you. and he's decided to be recalcitrant. >> the miami herald found that of more than 180,000 that have been identified as being ineligible, the majority of those, 58%, are hispanic and they make up 13% of registered voters there, so why is this group so impacted by this? it seems as if they're targeted? >> right. that's what we have found is that almost 60% of the people

are latino and that is why we wrote a letter to the department of justice because the department of justice has to enforce the voting rights act and we know that this is a pattern for florida, right? in 2000 and 2004, they went after black voters. this year, they're going after latino voters and we're saying that the law prevents you from doing that and in fact, we know governor scott that what you're doing is trying to rig the election. this is part of the broader pattern of voter se prugs we've been seeing this year that goes along with the i.d. laws. they've made it harder to register, vote and now, they're going to purge people and we're saying stop. >> you've been involved in voter rights cases before. where does this compare and contrast to others? >> well, you know, actually, sued florida at least three times. two of which were the same kind of case. where right before the election, the state goes in and starts to

take people off the roles and we see that they have a disportionate impact on people of color. when you take people of color off, you're undermining democracy and in fact, this in particular instance, we see a 91-year-old citizen, who actually was a world war i veteran that they have taken off the rolls. because this purge is inaccurate and because it is flawed, but they don't care and that's why people should really be outraged by this effort to take away the voting rights of americans right before an election and undermining our democracy. >> nice to see you and tomorrow, we're going to have a chance to talk to one of those voters who was unfairly purged from florida's voting roles, so tune in for that. on a much different note today and a sad note, we have to pass along that the kissing quiz

master is no more. richard dawson, possibly one of the best game show hosts has died. the british native got his start acting on the '60s tv series, hogans heroes. before he became the regular panelist on shows in the 1970s, which then led him to this gig as the wisecracking host of the family feud. it was in the 1980s that made him famous thanks to his catch phrase. >> survey says. >> of course, all those kisses, too, richard dawson was 79 years old. he will be missed. it might be the best school excuse ever. a presidential pardon, but this one went to a fifth grader. details ahead. plus, celebrating 60 years rock and roll style. some of england's biggest musicians honoring queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee.

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the cover story in today's "usa today" looking at america's slow economic recovery, which could hurt president obama's re-election chances and that slow growth was highlighted by friday's disappointing unemployment report for may showing businesses added just 69,000 jobs. that's the fewest in a year and the nation's unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. brian shactman joins me to talk about this. the problem for a lot of people as we see the economy, it's adding jobs, job growth hasn't been fast enough. if we look back and compare and contrast since 2010, 3.7 million jobs added, but still fewer jobs than when the recession began in december of '07. companies sitting on tresh troves of cash not releasing to higher jobs. why not? >> the real short answer is why would they? when things got bad and everyone

slashed their payroll, they were more efficient, leaner, meaner and more profitable. when you don't know what the future hold, now, there's not a lot of people that think it's a certainty, but we're weakening here. don't know what's happening in the u.s. and europe and we know that asia and china have slowed. why would you expand and invest so much to expand your business when you don't know if there will be a market? the companies don't want to commit resources and money when they have no idea if the growth story will continue. >> we talk about the head winds that are coming in from europe, how does that impact everything when we try to talk dmesically? >> the thing we talked about maybe two months ago, there's a huge problem in europe, maybe it will affect your financial market. stock investment, people might pull back a little bit. might not affect your economy. we don't really feel that there's a lack of globalization. we're connected, but thought we could continue going forward.

the last two months and some data saying if europe's in trouble, it is going to affect our economy, too, and not just the stock market. the way the world is, it's too small of a globe now to think that something happening in europe won't affect us. now, people at home watching may see i don't get it. if people are more skiddish about spending in europe, it's going to lead over here. tourism's going to be affected and it's going to be a big problem. >> friday was a tough day. how are we doing today? >> today started up a little bit. we have gone negative. weak factory orders came through and so, we're another reason to think we're slowing down a bit here in the u.s. so all those red arrows were green. when i went to bed last night, it was going to be about 100 to the downside of the dow. it's a stable market. people are not freaking out at least for the moment. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. the president pardons a fifth grader. tyler sullivan skipped school on

friday to see president obama talk at the honey well facility near minneapolis. now, his dad works there an while tyler got to meet the president who noted the suh-year-osu 11-year-old was missing from school, so the president wrote a note to the school saying please excuse tyler, he was with me. signed barack obama. >> bring this and showing it to my teacher, mr. ackerman, show you, this is why i missed school on friday. >> looks good. young people still giving the president a big thumbs up. more than two-thirds of americans under 30 have a favorable view of the president senior citizens. vice president biden is a man of many words, but managed to keep a tight lid on his daughter's wedding. she was married on saturday to a philadelphia surgeon. the vice president says this is the right guy and he's getting

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the london 2012 olympics about to be under way in june. nastia liukin took three years off am coat poohing for the gold in the 2008 olympics and hoping to qualify for the london team

with six months of training and said she missed being able to fly in the air. this comes as the 2008 shawn johnson announces that her career is over. shawn says it sucks and my body just could not take it any mo, and she was hammered by a knee injury. and now partying like a rock stars and with rock stars no less. it is part of the queen's diamond jubilee celebration that takes part in the olympics today. it kicked off with a picnic in buckingh buckingham palace and a meet and greet at the palace. there is a list of rockers, elton john, and paul mccartney, and tom jones and stevie wonder and annie lennox. allan jobson joins me from london, and he is the author of the book "william and kate, love story." and robert, lots of crowds celebrating and coming to the streets of london, and what is

the mood like and going to be like over the next couple of days? h. >> well, despite the weather, it has been a very positive reaction and bt 1 million people turned out on the banks of the thames, and it is going to be a great concert. i am lucky to have a ticket and hop footing it over there to see paul mccartney and so many others. everyone wants to cheer on the queen after six decades on the throne and it is remarkable when you think about it. >> yes sh, the last time there a jubilee like this it was held 150 years ago when queen victoria celebrated 60 years on the throne. i believe she was able to hold the title and serve for 63 years, so as we look at the historical significance of the celebrations, and not just to england, but explain them to the larger picture, the world picture. >> well, the queen, of course, is not just the queen of great britain, but 15 other commonwealth realms including

australia and new zealand and canada and also the role of the head of the commonwealth for 54 nations reaching out to one-third of the world's population, so she does have a big influence in the coming to reaching out to huge amounts of people around the world. it has been celebrated, too, around the world, because beacons lit from australia to new zealand to canada and it is truly a world event. >> when we think about it, generations have grown up with queen elizabeth being their queen, and now people look at her as family and grandmotherly figure. when we look at the years of reign on the throne looking at queen victoria at 63, is it thought that the queen will break her record? >> well, god-willing, and it is a truly remarkable event if that does happen. of course, the queen is somebody as you said that nobody else, many people don't remember anybody else on the throne. she marks continuity and unity and she brings everybody

together as somebody who i think represents the country and the people. she is a fantastic symbol and a great example. >> the royal family has had a lot to celebrate over the last couple of years and it is nice to see. royal analyst robert jobson, and nice to see you from london today. thank you, sir. that is going to wrap it up for me, but i will be back at 20:00 p.m. as i sit in for tamron. and you can also see me on twitter. alex is coming up next. >> i am ready for the thomas roberts jubilee celebrating 60 years on the air when that comes. >> i am keeping a tally on the desk. >> we are waiting for the paul mccartney in studio concert to celebrate it. and the obama campaign is adding a new page to the campaign, feedback. we will talk about the controversial ballot bait to get people to the polls when former

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